take off

脱ぐ、外す

身につけているものや表面にあるものを取り除くこと。

やさしい英語で： You remove something from your body or from a surface.

• Take off your hat.
• She took her glasses off to clean them.
• Can you take the cover off the chair?

使い方： take off something / take something off (Take your wet jacket off.)

類義語： remove

反対語： put on

よく使う表現： take off shoes, take off a coat, take something off

離陸する、飛び立つ

飛行機や鳥が地面を離れて飛び始めること。

やさしい英語で： An aircraft or bird leaves the ground and starts flying.

• The plane is taking off.
• A duck took off from the pond.
• What time does our flight take off?

使い方： take off from somewhere (The helicopter took off from the roof.)

類義語： lift off

反対語： land

よく使う表現： take off safely, take off from somewhere, take off on time

軌道に乗る、成功する

事業や活動などが急に成功したり人気を得たりし始めること。

やさしい英語で： Something starts to become very successful or popular, often quickly.

• Her business is taking off.
• His career took off after his first film.
• Do you think this new idea will take off?

類義語： flourish, boom, catch on

反対語： fail

よく使う表現： take off quickly, really take off, take off worldwide

立ち去る、出発する

今いる場所を離れること。

やさしい英語で： To leave the place where you are.

• I need to take off now.
• She took off before lunch.
• Are you taking off already?

類義語： leave, head off

よく使う表現： take off early, take off now

テイクオフする

ボードに立ち、崩れる波に乗り始めること。

やさしい英語で： A surfer stands on the board and starts riding a wave as it breaks.

• The surfer took off smoothly.
• He fell just as he was taking off on the wave.
• Try to take off before the wave becomes too steep.

使い方： take off on a wave (She took off on the first wave she caught.)

類義語： start riding a wave

よく使う表現： take off smoothly, take off too late, take off on waves

数量を拾い出す

建築図面をもとに工事に必要な材料の量を計算すること。

やさしい英語で： To use building plans to calculate how much material a construction job needs.

• We need to take off the concrete quantities.
• The estimator took off the materials from the plans.
• Have you taken off the steel for this project?

使い方： take off something (We must take off the steel quantities before ordering.)

類義語： quantify, measure

よく使う表現： take off quantities, take off materials